Better never get a partner then at all if you are going to hate the person once it doesn't work longer. It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all... even if the bitch dumped you for some guy she met in a bar.
I'm not trying to belittle his achievement, but I think the fact that geohot autographed the phone with a marker pen can only detract from the value. Tell me about it! I caught this homerun ball at a game once, and this jerk pro player had to come and ruin it by writing his name on it! The narcissistic asshole! You can get all the pro balls you want, let me mine intact!:'(
And that said, with music being such a subjective topic, it's very difficult to say that one artist is 'bad' when they appeal to such broad demographics of teens that absorb them through their radio waves like mindless drones. Call them performers instead of artists, and I'll say you have a point.
" Shutting down an entire store just because they voted for a union is not a good thing."
What do you mean? Isn't it an opportunity for the town to have a better store with lower prices due to highly efficient union labor? HAHA!
BTW, that's not what happened according to the article that YOU linked. The store was already unionized. The union played chicken with its members livelihoods and lost. I really can't believe it doesn't happen more often.
Yeah, hi, you're entirely wrong about your interpretation of these events. But you're basing this interpretation solely on an article that gives only Walmart's point of view, so I don't really blame you.
What happened was this: Walmart store opens, employees try to start a union, walmart fights them, they unionize, walmarts pretends to negotiate while they plan the shutdown, then walmart closes the store.
This is 0% because of inefficient union labor, 100% walmart closing down any store that dares start a union, same as McDonalds.
I am not actually against the War in Iraq, I don't want the spread of Shira law and I think it is right for free nations to fight it. I don't know what Shira law is, but if you meant Sharia, then why do you support a war that brought Sharia back into a country?
Saddam created a Western-style legal system, making Iraq the only country in the Persian Gulf region not ruled according to traditional Islamic law (Sharia). Saddam abolished the Sharia law courts, except for personal injury.
If you feel that the war against Iraq was a free nation fighting religious fanaticism, there is a slight possibility that you have been lied to about the motives for this war.
Is Sam Goody guilty of "censorship" because they DON'T sell the radio versions? Is Amazon guilty of "censorship" because they don't offer wax cylinders? Is iTunes guilty of "censorship" because they don't include that beguiling jewel case? Of course not! Is an elephant a steam locomotive because Davey Crockett died at the Alamo? Of course not!
Which century are you referring to? Last I checked, Tom Petty doesn't have any songs on top-40 style stations. Now that you mention it, I was talking about the century where I didn't have an iPod plugged in the car stereo...
To censor is to prohibit access; How many fucking dictionary quotes and links do you need!?
The word you're trying to define there is ban. Stop trying to redefine "censorship" in a way that means it's not happening. Are they filtering out content they find objectionable? THEN IT'S FUCKING CENSORSHIP! It doesn't matter if it's not absolute, if it's not governmental, or if you agree that the content should be filtered. Censorship is simply when a third party removes content exchanged between others. Here you have artists, the public, and the third party is the oligarchy of music distributors: The RIAA on the production side, and in this instance Walmart on the distribution end.
If they start to stop people from singing those lyrics in their stores then it will be censorship. Go sing "Killing in the name" by Rage Against The Machine in a series of walmarts, come back to me with your results/mugshots.
so are they bleeping the kid-unfriendly words out like the old days, or have the artists started recording alternate "clean" versions of their songs? In Canada, on the French speaking radio stations, Tom Petty sings "let's roll... another joint", on the English speaking top-40 style stations, he sings "let's roll.........".
I'm so sick of the "it's only bad when government does it" argument.
When the government does it, it usually means that you have no other (legal) choice but to accept the censored version. When a non-government entity does it, it's their choice and there is almost always an alternative. Yes it may not be as cheap or convenient, but there is still ways for you to get your censor-free music. It's not "bad" when Wal-Mart does it, it's their choice. Just like it's your choice not to shop there. Don't like the store's policy? Don't shop there. Don't like the country's laws? Don't live there.
When a government entity does it, it's their choice and there is almost always an alternative. Yes it may not be as cheap or convenient, but there is still ways for you to get your censor-free music. It's not "bad" when the country does it, it's their choice. Just like it's your choice not to live there.
Does Wal-mart at least label their CDs in retail stores and disclose in their online store that the songs are edited versions? 3 clicks from the walmart.com main page: The Parental Advisory program is a voluntary program created and administered by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Censorship is when the government NO! Censorship is when content is removed. NO MATTER UNDER WHO'S AUTHORITY IT WAS REMOVED.
There is ethical exception for corporations. If it would be wrong when a government does it, it would be wrong when a corporation does it, and you can stuff your moral relativism in a sack, mister.
I dont like the store either, but this is NOT really censorship. As a store that is owned by someone(s), managed by someone(s), they have the right to decide what it is that they will and wont sell. Censorship is defined as the removal and/or withholding of information from the public by a controlling group or body.
censorship - deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances censoring deletion - the act of deleting something written or printed Bowdlerism - censorship in the form of prudish expurgation Comstockery - censorship because of perceived obscenity or immorality
censorship, official prohibition or restriction of any type of expression believed to threaten the political, social, or moral order. It may be imposed by governmental authority, local or national, by a religious body, or occasionally by a powerful private group.
I don't know who taught you to think that it's not censorship when it's done for profit, but you were lied to. Censorship is done by whoever has the power to do it, no matter if the power used to do it is by nature political, capital or personal.
I have a hard time believing that DRM alone would be responsible for this overhead. Sounds like we're discussing iTunes' financial reports... or any game biz.
Installing Vista slows Vista performance. Still don't see any reason why someone would use this as an OS over XP right now. They like the view? Still amazed they encoded "it's eye candy!" in the name of the OS.
I would be happy if in games we could talk about homosexuality...
And how would that conversation be fun exactly? How would it entertain your audience? You bash them with a bat. Happy?
To game and film makers: You are in the entertainment business. No one wants to hear about your ridiculous opinions on politics, culture, or anything else. Speak for yourself. I'll keep looking for the rare works of art with messages, you keep reveling in mindless eye candy.
Perhaps it kills the resale value, but there's more thing important than resale value, like the value of having it. "Hi, I have myself in carbonite on the wall" doesn't even make any fucking sense. There's the value of the guy's ego, that's high. But the object has none now.
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Why? Because there's a lot of crap in there I don't want.
You can bring all the evidence you want to the table, but they will conserve their initial position.
What do you mean? Isn't it an opportunity for the town to have a better store with lower prices due to
highly efficient union labor? HAHA!
BTW, that's not what happened according to the article that YOU linked.
Yeah, hi, you're entirely wrong about your interpretation of these events.The store was already unionized. The union played chicken with its members livelihoods and lost. I really can't
believe it doesn't happen more often.
But you're basing this interpretation solely on an article that gives only Walmart's point of view, so I don't really blame you.
What happened was this: Walmart store opens, employees try to start a union, walmart fights them, they unionize, walmarts pretends to negotiate while they plan the shutdown, then walmart closes the store.
This is 0% because of inefficient union labor, 100% walmart closing down any store that dares start a union, same as McDonalds.
Saddam created a Western-style legal system, making Iraq the only country in the Persian Gulf region not ruled according to traditional Islamic law (Sharia). Saddam abolished the Sharia law courts, except for personal injury.
If you feel that the war against Iraq was a free nation fighting religious fanaticism, there is a slight possibility that you have been lied to about the motives for this war.
The dictionary definitions I posted: read them.
The word you're trying to define there is ban. Stop trying to redefine "censorship" in a way that means it's not happening. Are they filtering out content they find objectionable? THEN IT'S FUCKING CENSORSHIP! It doesn't matter if it's not absolute, if it's not governmental, or if you agree that the content should be filtered. Censorship is simply when a third party removes content exchanged between others. Here you have artists, the public, and the third party is the oligarchy of music distributors: The RIAA on the production side, and in this instance Walmart on the distribution end.
Fixed that for you.
Good call.Don't like the country's laws? Don't live there.
When a government entity does it, it's their choice and there is almost always an alternative. Yes it may not be as cheap or convenient, but there is still ways for you to get your censor-free music. It's not "bad" when the country does it, it's their choice. Just like it's your choice not to live there.
And replaced by..?
There is ethical exception for corporations. If it would be wrong when a government does it, it would be wrong when a corporation does it, and you can stuff your moral relativism in a sack, mister.
As a store that is owned by someone(s), managed by someone(s), they have the right to decide what it is that they will and wont sell. Censorship is defined as the removal and/or withholding of information from the public by a controlling group or body.
censorship - deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances
censoring
deletion - the act of deleting something written or printed
Bowdlerism - censorship in the form of prudish expurgation
Comstockery - censorship because of perceived obscenity or immorality
Not all censorship is equal, nor does all arise from government or external force.
censorship, official prohibition or restriction of any type of expression believed to threaten the political, social, or moral order. It may be imposed by governmental authority, local or national, by a religious body, or occasionally by a powerful private group.
I don't know who taught you to think that it's not censorship when it's done for profit, but you were lied to. Censorship is done by whoever has the power to do it, no matter if the power used to do it is by nature political, capital or personal.
Still don't see any reason why someone would use this as an OS over XP right now. They like the view?
Still amazed they encoded "it's eye candy!" in the name of the OS.
And how would that conversation be fun exactly? How would it entertain your audience? You bash them with a bat. Happy? To game and film makers: You are in the entertainment business. No one wants to hear about your ridiculous opinions on politics, culture, or anything else. Speak for yourself. I'll keep looking for the rare works of art with messages, you keep reveling in mindless eye candy.
There's the value of the guy's ego, that's high. But the object has none now.